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“Everything was so quiet like somebody had shut the volume control off on the world.”
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“My parents were sharecroppers, working the land, working the tobacco, pulling the little bloom that comes off so there’d be more leaves…”
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“Ice cream has given me a name, like a Ted Williams or a Babe Ruth or a Larry Bird.”
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Everlasting Love

Looking back on romances that have withstood the test of time

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"I got this job at Paul Bunyan restaurant."
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"I got this job at Paul Bunyan restaurant."
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"You and your sister couldn't tell us apart. And we couldn't tell you two apart."
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"You and your sister couldn't tell us apart. And we couldn't tell you two apart."
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"This tall, dark fellow was singing. He had these shades on. I was like, 'Look at this guy.'"
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"This tall, dark fellow was singing. He had these shades on. I was like, 'Look at this guy.'"
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StoryCorps 508: No Barrier for the Love
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StoryCorps 508: No Barrier for the Love

Animations

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Silvia's Legacy
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The Temple of Knowledge

StoryCorps Classics

Favorite stories from our archive

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Miss Devine

Miss Devine

Cousins James Ransom and Cherie Johnson remember their Sunday school teacher, Miss Lizzie Devine.
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"I wasn't very nice..."
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"I wasn't very nice..."

Kay Wang, age 87, tells her granddaughter, Chen, and her son, Cheng, about her childhood.
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Facundo the Great

Facundo the Great

Ramòn ”Chunky” Sanchez tells the story of how the new kid at school became a hero when his name stumped their teachers.
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"I didn't really have any lox slicing credentials."
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"I didn't really have any lox slicing credentials."

Len Berk, a veteran salmon slicer at a gourmet food shop in Manhattan, remembers taking on his profession after forty years in accounting.